With limited vaccine manufacturing capacity around the world, South Africa will have to prioritise its own requirements in the interest of securing access to a vaccine as a matter of national security, said the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande.
Addressing a media briefing this afternoon, the Minister said that it was expected that the first successful vaccines would be delivered in early 2021.
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